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Wasn’t Voltair an atheist?!
Straighten me out, please!
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Straighten me out, please!
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*Wasn’t Voltair an atheist?! Straighten me out, please! *
He most definitely was not an atheist. nor was he a friend to Catholics and Protestants, so far as I can make out. This is a reason why the atheists like to claim him. But I have met very few atheists who are aware that Voltaire spoke eloquently against atheism, as did Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, two other deists (people who believe in God but don’t belong to any particular religion).
He most definitely was not an atheist. nor was he a friend to Catholics and Protestants, so far as I can make out. This is a reason why the atheists like to claim him. But I have met very few atheists who are aware that Voltaire spoke eloquently against atheism, as did Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, two other deists (people who believe in God but don’t belong to any particular religion).
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“No one has faith in God, they only have faith in those who have told you of God”
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I disagree. This may sound esoteric but it is without base. I wish I had the strength and time to address it.
Someone step up to the plate!
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As creatures we long for our Creator. Why put our faith in humans who are imperfect when one can trust in the eternal Truth that is God? However, the very distance between Creator and creature is infinate, and only the Creator can close that infinate chasm of separation. Our deepest longing is the pain of that divide, the cry for our deepest roots, our source and our center. At that point is when God meets us–not by presence, but by absence. Then, He reveals Himself.
In the words of St. Augustine: “Our hearts are not at rest, O Lord, until they rest in Thee.”
In the words of St. Augustine: “Our hearts are not at rest, O Lord, until they rest in Thee.”
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because the authors of the past are using words to describe the nature of God. Words…which are man made. No one can understand God, we can only truly know the observable laws he left us.
but i will not start anything in this thread, that is just one of my favorite quotes
but i will not start anything in this thread, that is just one of my favorite quotes
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In the words of St. Augustine: “Our hearts are not at rest, O Lord, until they rest in Thee.”
my favorite; you can not have it!
my favorite; you can not have it!
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“Stop worrying. Nobody gets out of this world alive.”
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I claim St. Augustine (lol!), but he really belongs to all Christians.
Here’s another quote from St. Augie which I can relate too almost as much as the first:
"Late have I loved Thee, beauty so old and so new; late have I loved Thee.
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This is my favorite St. Augustine quote.
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I claim St. Augustine (lol!), but he really belongs to all Christians.
Here’s another quote from St. Augie which I can relate too almost as much as the first:
"Late have I loved Thee, beauty so old and so new; late have I loved Thee.
Sounds like Wm S
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Amazing, Jerome said that. You know, he was a salty dog if there ever was one.
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One of my favorite quotes:
“You mess with the bull, you get the horn”.
This by Fred Willposnapper.
“You mess with the bull, you get the horn”.
This by Fred Willposnapper.
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On the pragmatic level:
"If successful people have one common trait, it’s an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they’re driven, talented and work through negatives by focusing on the positives."
(Mike Zimmerman, journalist)
On the spiritual level:
Faith is like electricity. You can’t see it, but you can see the light."
(from The Power to Change Today:Simple Secrets to the Satisfied Life by Gregory Dickow)
The entire quote, referenced earllier, from St. Augustine’s book The Confessions:
"Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new; late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours."
"If successful people have one common trait, it’s an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they’re driven, talented and work through negatives by focusing on the positives."
(Mike Zimmerman, journalist)
On the spiritual level:
Faith is like electricity. You can’t see it, but you can see the light."
(from The Power to Change Today:Simple Secrets to the Satisfied Life by Gregory Dickow)
The entire quote, referenced earllier, from St. Augustine’s book The Confessions:
"Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new; late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours."
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On the pragmatic level:
"If successful people have one common trait, it’s an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they’re driven, talented and work through negatives by focusing on the positives."
(Mike Zimmerman, journalist)
Amen!!!
Make sure the Catholic Bishops of America see this!
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(Mike Zimmerman, journalist)
Amen!!!
Make sure the Catholic Bishops of America see this!
I think we need a St. Catherine of Sienna, who succeeded in persuading the Avignon pope, Gregory XI, to return to Rome. From a bit of history I’m reading . . . Gregory died almost immediately and his successor, Urban VI, proved to be so incompetent (the book didn’t say how) that the cardinals elected a new pope. But the Great Schism began. St. Catherine spent her final years offering her life in expiation for the sins of the Church.
(from Mystics, Ten Who Show Uss the Ways of God by Murray Bodo (reveals himself to be a priest)
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